| 1. Ironside 28/3/1967 Whereas he rests
in a detached house, Robert T. Ironside, chief of the San Francisco
police, is seriously wounded by bullet. Condemned to live in wheelchair,
he obtains from his friend the Commissioner Dennis Randall a post of
Consultant as well as a completely devoted team: the sergeant Ed Brown,
officer Eve Whitfield and Marc Sanger. With them, he will inquire into
his own attempted murder… Writing by Don Mr. Mankiewicz Directed by James Goldstone Guest star: Gene Lyons (Dennis Randall), Geraldine Brooks (Honor Thompson), Wally Cox (chief of the scouts), Kim Darby (Ellen Welles), David Sheiner (neurologist), Lilia Skala (Sister Agatha), Joel Fabiani (Dr. Schley), Avilene Gibbons (Peggy Marvel), Terrence 0' Flaherty (presenter), Eddie Firestone (Wheels Montana). |
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| 2. Message
from beyond 14/9/1967 A substantial sum
of money is flown on a hippodrome for a race, while Ironside and his
team are present. The Chief is determined to resolve this matter,
so much more than the responsable of the security of the hippodrome
is a disnonest former policeman. The only index for this robbery
is a car, injured by the pilot, unfortunately dead in the accident.
Ironside decides to use the vehicle as bait in order to attract the
thief but Ed and Eve lose the car in question... Writing by Don Mr. Mankiewicz Directed by Michael Caffey Guest star: Gene Lyons (Dennis Randall), Gene Evans (Al Hayes), James Gregory (Herb Jarman), George Chandler (George Bently), Ken Lynch (Russ Quinn), Madlyn Rhue (Margaret Blackwell), Kathleen Freeman (Helga), Kent McCord (Kellogg), Larry J Blake (appraiser), Alma Platt (Martha Bently), Bill DuFrene (officer of the communications), Jimmy Joyce (1st dealer), John R. McKee (2nd dealer), Lou Straley (2nd man), Dick Russell (3rd man), Dallas Mitchell (the sergeant). |
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| 3. The
leaf in the forest 21/9/1967 An old woman, only
living, is rediscovered strangled. This is not the first victim
and all door to believe that this new crime is the work of the same
man; but the Chief Ironside notes some differences disrupting. In
charge of doing the light on the latter murder, Ironside wants to do
to endorse to Eve the role of victim potentielle: that will necessitate
a little ingenuity, but the game is worth the candle... Writing by Don Mr. Mankiewicz Directed by Leo Penn Guest star: Gene Lyons (Dennis Randall), John Larch (Pierre Dupont), Edward Andrews (Mason Baylis), Barbara Barrie (Myra Dupont), Bert Freed (Detective Keeley), Henry Beckman (Orateur), Lillian Bronson (Esther Garrison), Joe Finnegan (1st to defer), Vernon Scott (2nd to defer), Robert Ellenstein (Marty), Sean Kennedy (1st hippie), John Rubinstein (2nd hippie). |
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| 4. Dead
Man's Tale 28/9/1967 A notorious gangster
gets ready to book of precious information to Ironside concerning his
associate, John Trask. But before he made a decision to speak
with the Chief, he is murdered. With the complicity of the fiancée
of the death, Ironside claims that the latter always is in life, injured
and cared for to the hospital. His goal is to force Trask to commit
an error that will be for him fatal. Writing by Don Mr. Mankiewicz and Donald A. Brinkley Directed by Don Weis Guest star: Gene Lyons (Dennis Randall), Simon Scott (Warren Stuart), Jack Lord (John Trask), Susanne Cramer (Tina Masson), Ben Wright (Dr. Leon Chaffee), Byron Morrow (Mr. Gregory), Frank Gerstle (Eddie Burns), John Goddard (Ernie Greco), Stuart Nisbet (Luther Carson), Robert Turnbull (Beeker). |
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| 5. Eat,
drink and be buried 5/10/1967 When a personality
of the television, Francesca Kirby, receives threats of death, his old
friend Robert Ironside puts himself on the affair. When the threats
become of the attained to his life, he begins searching more deeply
to find that would benefit by to eliminate Francesca. Several suspicious
ones, of which the husband of this last one, have of excellent motive
but Ironside begins glimpsing a very different scenario for this strange
affair.
Writing by Tony Barrett Directed by William Graham Guest
star: Richard Anderson (Darren Sanford), Lee Grant (Francesca Kirby),
Farley Granger (Mitch Kirby), Quincy Jones (Appleton), Joanne Medley
(Annie Royer), Susanne Benton (Model), Maria Lennard (Keller Dory). |
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| 6. The
taker 12/10/1967 Andy Anderson, policeman
known of long one date back to Ironside, is killed while he investigates
on the murder of the wife of Daryll Frazer. Proofs indicate that
he was dishonest but Ironside, convinced of the opposite, is decided
to prove his innocence and, by the same occasion, to rediscover his
murderer. Persuaded that all is linked to the affair Frazer, he
resumes the investigation and obtains the intimate conviction that the
husband is guilty, although the latter is a perfect alibi. Ironside
decides to jostle a little the two witnesses having furnished the alibi
in question, employees of Frazer, and he is persuaded to be on the good
track when the one of them is murdered. But stretched Eve of him
to let a different opinion divide, based on a simple intuition.
Writing by Irving Gaynor Neiman and Winston Miller Directed by Don Weis Guest star: Gene Lyons (Dennis Randall), Gail Bonney (1st secretary), Peter Mark Richman (Daryll Frazer), Robert Alda (Johnny Utrecht), William Schallert (Simon Arkoff), Jan Shepard (Adrienne May), Cyril Delevanti (Commandant Wallace), Ernest Anderson (Butler), Bebe Louie (officer weather), Barbara Bell Wright (2nd secretary), Virgil Frye (Andy Anderson). |
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| 7. An
inside job 19/10/1967 Two murderers, escaped
of the cells of detention of the commissionership, rediscover themselves
constrained to take in hostage the Chief Ironside in his office and,
having discovered the identity of the latter, they want to force him
to help them to run away. Ironside refuses all net one, putting the
two men in a unfortunate position, but the arrival of Eve modifies the
situation: the Chief is obliged to accept the blackmail of the criminals. Clever,
he reaches anyway to warn Ed and perfects an audacious plan to put unable
to harm his cluttering visitors... Writing by Sy Salkowitz Directed by Charles S. Dubin Guest star: Gift Stroud (Bains), Robert Karnes (3rd police officer), John Saxon (Carter), Eileen Wesson (girl), Cal Bartlett (1st officer), John Alvin (clerk), Ken Renard (cleaning), Tyler McVey (journalist), Michael Harris (Charlie), Will J White (Moose), Ben Hammer (Flagg), Jim Drum (Willis), Harry Hickox (lieutenant Gold), Norman Fell (captain Lauren). |
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| 8. Tagged
for murder 26/10/1967 A man electrocutes
himself by his swimming pool while handling a television set. Everythings
leads to believe that it is an affair of a banal accident but Ed is
not convinced, some details appearing for him suspicious. While
doing his report to Ironside, he succeeds in rally him in his opinion
and the Chief takes the matter in hands: he discovers quickly that of
former military officers, living all to San Francisco and having served
together in Italy, were murdered and he wants to understand why... Writing by Art Weingarten Directed by Charles S. Dubin Guest star: Bruce Lee (Leon Soo), Antoinette Bower (Andra Bellingham), Arthur Adams (doctor), Roger De Koven (general), Bert Freed (sergeant Cable), Lenore Kingston (Maid), Marjorie Bennett (employed hotel), Jack Kelly (Corman), Gene Nelson (Sheldon). |
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| 9. Let
my brother go 2/11/1967 Despite all his efforts,
Ironside has problems to maintain a group of young ones in the right
way. Decided to succeed in his ends, the Chief changes tactics
and enlists the star of American Football Bat Masterson, an old friend
of Marc, to help him. But Joe, the brother of Bat, is not very
honest and his numerous gaps finish poorly: he kills a man during a
game of poker. Bat, present at the time of the crime, decides of all
to take on him to protect his brother. But, thanks to Ironside, he discovers
quickly that he did not do the good choice... Writing by Donn Mullally Directed by Don Weis Guest star: Gift Marshall (Joe Masterson), Ivan Dixon (Charles "Bat" Masterson), Ena Hartman (Betty Masterson), Peter Mamakos (Georgie Main), Maidie Norman (Natalie Masterson), Kirk Kirksey (Ernie), James Sane (Ralph), John Sebastian (Ed Harris), Robert Pearson (Bake). |
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| 10. Light
at the end of the journey 9/11/1967 Ted Bartlett, private
detective to Los Angeles, is at San Francisco for an affair and he wants
to profit to return visits to his old friend and former colleague, Robert
Ironside. Unfortunately, he is murdered in his hotel and the only witness
is a young blind woman. The murderer is unaware of this detail
and he wants to reduce her to the silence. Ironside wants to protect
her but he wishes also to stop the murderer of his friend and, for this
to do, he organizes a press conference in which he declares that the
witness will elaborate a portrait robot of the man that she saw. The
fiance of the young woman is not agreed and stretched to subtract her
to the influence of Ironside; but this last one, that leans on him since
that she became blind, discovers that a handicap can be approached otherwise.
Writing by Robert Van Scoyk and Sy Salkovitz Directed by Charles S. Dubin Guest star: Bill Fletcher (Gilroy), Jason Wingreen (Bell Captain), Katherine Crawford (Jill), Robert Reed (Pierson), Steve Dunne (Ted Bartlett), Bill Leslie (Waring), Jeanne Baird (Joan Waring), Arthur Adams (medical examiner), Lauren Gilbert (sergeant of criminal). |
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| 11. The
monster of Comus Towers 16/11/1967 An ingenious robbery
takes place at the Museum of Art of the Comus Towers, during which
the central panel of a tryptique in origin of Rome is robbed. Unfortunately,
a guard is murdered in the operation, stabbed to death in the back.
Enzo Rossi, that made use of his influence to send for the fine tryptique,
calls upon his friend Robert Ironside to resolve this mysterious affair. In
fact, the thief was not able to introduce himself that by a window,
situated at the top of the Towers, but the wind and the panel weight
were not able to allow for him to go through this exit to take back
down. Ironside thinks therefore that the thief had an accomplice inside
the museum, see that himself there works. The lieutenant Fitch,
officially responsible of the affair, thinks all otherwise and when
Enzo Rossi dies after the arsenic absorption, he is persuaded that it
is an affair of a suicide. But the Chief is of another opinion
and leans for a murder. Writing by Stanford Whitmore and A. J. Russell Directed by Don Weis Guest star: Jeff Malloy (guard), Harper Flaherty (Herbert Chapman), Jim Creech (detective Bloch), Evi Marandi (Stella Rossi), Renzo Cesana (Enzo Rossi), Joan Huntington (Amanda Stillman), David Hartman (lieutenant Fitch), Warren Stevens (Howard Comus), Donald Buka (Vincent Longo), Michael Forest (James Edmond), Kevin Hagen (Owen Simmons). |
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| 12. The
man who believed 23/11/1967 Samantha Dain, recognized
singer and in the future particularly promising, has just committed
suicide while throwing herself top of the Golden Gate. Ironside does
not believe in this version and hears well to prove that it is an affair
of a murder. His motivation: while he was at the hospital, the
young woman wrote him a letter for him to say that the suicide would
appear for him certainly a good solution but that, in reality, life
was worth the penalty to be lived, even as infirm. Quickly, several
persons of the entourage of the singer appear as of suspicious perfect
ones, as his to manage or the cabaret owner where she began. The
discovery of a band where figures a dispute between the singer and an
unknown man becomes the only piece to conviction of Dacier. On
this last one, the guilty one pronounces only a single word, with difficulty
audible, but the Chief wants to let the assassin believe that the science
can allow the identification of his voice... Writing by Stephen Kandel Directed by Anton Mr. Leader Guest star: Gene Lyons (Dennis Randall), Sharon Harvey (girl), June C Ellis (nurse), Bill Welsh (advertiser), Alex Gerry (Dr. Maurice Zelman), Johnny Silver (John Brenner), Arthur Adams (Dr. Gwynne), Cliff Potts (dan Peabody), George Furth (Ray Harrison), Michael Constantine (Harry Brancusi), Guy Stockwell (Bridger), Barbara Rhoades (Bonnie Lloyd), Marcia Strassman (Samantha Dain). |
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| 13. A
very cool hot car 30/11/1967 Since that the lieutenant
Adams took the direction of the service of the stolen cars, the yield
of the work of the policemen knows an unprecedented decrease, of less
in less than vehicles being rediscovered. The commissioner Randall loads
therefore Ironside to oversee the activity of the service and, if the
latter starts with to refuse, he changes opinion in front of the insistence
of the lieutenant Adams; conscious to be in a bad posture. His predecessor,
that had broken his teeth on this affair -and that, fact, was put in
early retirement- is persuaded that Adams touches bribe from the car
thieves. This idea, that he proclaims high and strong, does his way
in the commissionership of police and even Randall is or not insensitive. Marc,
persuaded that Adams is innocent, wants to imply himself in the affair
and does himself to engage in a work-site of breaks automobile that
Ironside suspects to be the plate turning traffic. Writing by Luther Davis Directed by James Sheldon Guest star: Gail Bonney (secretary), K.L. Smith (Rafaël), Alice Frost (Mrs. Muldoon), Michael Fox (technician), Peter Helm (Alfred Dunne), Pamela Dunlap (Rosemary Dunne), Bernie Hamilton (lieutenant William Adams), Arch Johnson (sergeant John Breen), Jay C. Flippen (sergeant). |
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| 14. The
past is prologue 7/12/1967 Wally Stowe, a friend
of Ironside, celebrate the success of his son Tom that soon will integrate
the NASA. But the police comes to arrest him in the middle of festivities
for Wally is looked for for murder to New York. During nineteen
years, he lived to San Francisco under a false identity, fearing to
every instant to be recognized. This is finally the woman of his
victim that, in visionary his photo in a newspaper, warned the police. The
mayor is determined to extradite him for that is applied the pronounced
sentence nineteen years earlier: the death. Ironside, him, wants to
all price to save him for he considers that Wally does not deserve this
sad one goes out. He counts first of all on the widow of the victim
but, very quickly, it appears that this last one always is lived of
a desire of vengeance. Considering that the investigation was rushed,
Ironside resumes all to zero and obtains the conviction that Wally is
innocent. But there is an incoherence in the deposition of the
latter: it lacks an hour in the sequence of his activities. Although
this incoherence designates him as guilty ideal, Wally does not let
go any his version of the facts. Writing by Paul Mason Directed by Don Weis Guest star: Gene Lyons (Dennis Randall), John Zaremba (Dr. Michaels), Gail Bonney (secretary), Victor Jory (Wally Stowe), Jill Donohue (Phyllis Chase), John Hoyt (Malcolm Henderson), Jean Inness (Dee Stowe), June Vincent (Mrs. Chase), Walter Coy (the chief of police Paul Wilson), Bartlett Robinson (the Whittier prosecutor), Chester Jones (Butler), Harrison Ford (Tom Stowe). |
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| 15. Girl
in the night 21/12/1967 In trip to Las Vegas,
Ed goes in a cabaret where he meets a young singer, Elaine Moreau.
Together, they go diner to the restaurant then finish the evening with
Elaine. On the spot, the young woman abandons abruptly Ed to leave the
house the back way and, when the policeman goes out to attempt to recover
her, he is knocked senseless by two men. The next day, the team
remainder arrives to Las Vegas but Ed refuses to leave the city before
having clarifyes this mystery. First reluctant, the Chief accepts
starting an investigation and decides to start with the house of the
young woman. There, the team meets another woman that claims not to
know Elaine Moreau and to have passed the evening at her place. But,
in the garden, Ed rediscovers the shrub in which he collapsed and that
carries again the brands of his fall. Intrigued, Ironside decides
to follow more before and ends up to discover than the disappearance
of the young Elaine could have a report with the murder of a notable
one city, Jim Cardoff. Writing by True Boardman Directed by Ralph Senensky Guest star: Simon Scott (Jim Cardoff), Gene Lyons (Dennis Randall), Joan Staley (Millie O'Neil), Donnelly Rhodos (Joe Varona), Sarah Marshall (Jan Merlin), Steve Carlson (Foster), Oscar Beregi Jr (Stefan), Laurie Mitchell (Carol Phillips), Craig Huebing (Dr. Evans), Dead Mills (Mike Hennessey), George Keymas (Stulka), Holy Susan James (Elaine Moreau). |
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| 16. The
fourteenth runner 28/12/1967 Yuri Azneyeff, Soviet
and true athlete hero in his country, is visiting at San francisco to
participate in a bottom race. During this last one, he disappears
mysterious after behaving in a strange way. In front of position
delicacy, the commissioner Randall confides the affair to the Chief
Ironside, hoping thus a quick and happy result. Quickly, the police
rediscovers the clothes of Yuri at the top of a cliff with a letter
announcing his suicide. Zarkov, Russian responsible citizen "to
attend" the Chief, does not there believe and suspects the Americans
to have climb one present out of nothing. Ironside, for his part, learns
that Yuri was a traitor to his country and that he worked for the American
secret services. He comes some immediately to wonder if the athlete
was not discovered... Writing by Donn Mullally Directed by Don Weis Guest star: Gene Lyons (Dennis Randall), Steve Ihnat (Zarkov), Lee Miller (Bartender), Ollie O'Toole (mortician), Ingrid Pitt (Irene Novas), Philip Chapin (Yuri Alexeyovich Azneyeff), Edward Asner (Davis), John Van Dreelen (Varinyi). |
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| 17. Force
of arms 4/1/1968 Marcus Weathers, very
rich and well established businessman to San Francisco, decided to leave
at war against the crime. Considering that the local police does
not dispose or means or of the men in sufficient quantity, he sets up
a militia to attempt to clean the streets of his city. When Buck
Denison, the person in charge of his organization, is murdered, Weathers
is convinced that it is an affair there of a maneuver of his enemies
to prevent it from set up his ideas and destroy "the second police". Randall
entrusts the affair with Ironside, which arranges nothing, for the Chief
does not hide his animosity towards Weathers and this one is besides
persuaded that the former policeman, that he considers as a vulgar infirm
one, wants all simply to take advantage of the murder of Denison for
"to flow" his organization. Writing by Ivan Goff, Ben Roberts and Warren Duff Directed by Anton Mr. Leader Guest star: Gene Lyons (Dennis Randall), George Murdock (Victor Cramer), Harold J Stone (Jim Connolly), Gene Raymond (Marcus Weathers), Linden Chiles (Jeff Hanson), William Lucking (Thomas Flagg), Cliff Norton (Henry Brink), Arthur Adams (Dr. Gwynne), Frank Gerstle (Buck Denison), Ron Russell (Albie), Diane Brewster (Susan Weathers). |
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| 18. Memory
of an ice cream stick 11/1/1968 A member of the local
Underworld is murdered by two non identified individuals and the commissioner
Randall fears that this act provokes bloody reprisals. He entrusts the
affair to the Chief Ironside and, during the questioning of the persons
having a link with the victim, Marc meets Sam Noble, a man that he did
not review for ten years. Sam lived in the same street that Marc
and, uniformly, he offered him a cream stick. Since this beautiful
era, Sam well changed and did several stays in prison. Ironside, that
would like to protect his friend, stretched of him to do to understand
that the man that he knew no longer exists than in his memories, but
Marc remains persuaded that Sam amended himself. The friendship
between the two men suffers quickly of the position and, when a second
murder is committed, Marc takes the bad decision, putting thus his life
in peril... Writing by Sy Salkowitz Directed by Charles S. Dubin Guest star: Will J White (2nd Detective), Victor Bozeman (1st Detective), Mel Scott (Sam Noble), Jackie Russell (Kathy), Jim Creech (detective Garber), Francine York (June), Jack Kruschen (Busch), Ena Hartman (Millie Roberts). |
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| 19. To
kill a cop 25/1/1968 A night, Ed comes
to the aid of two policemen in patrol for mastery a drunk man that attackes
them. This does, the sergent accompanies his colleagues to the
commissionership where the man, Frank Vincent, promises to avenge himself. Some
hours later, while he has just been liberated under guarantee, the one
of the policemen is murdered of two bullets in the back, in front of
his residence. Ed immediately thinks about Vincent and will apprehend
him to question him. Once more, the man debates himself and must
be handcuffed. His wife, scene witness, engage a lawyer to defend him
and, by lacks proofs, the police must relax Vincent. When the second
policeman that stopped Frank dies in the explosion of his car, Ed is
persuaded to know the guilty one and will find Vincent to his restaurant
where, because of the fit of anger of the latter, he passes next to
a catastrophe. The lawyer of the restaurant owner easily obtains a criticism
for Ed and fifteen days of forced vacation. With the assistance of the
Chief, the sergent will attempt to prove that he has reason, before
Vincent have not get him... Writing by Donn Mullally Directed by Anton Mr. Leader Guest star: Robert Karnes (sergeant of reserve), Gene Lyons (Dennis Randall), Richard Van Vleet (Briggs), Bing Russell (Cal Bristold), Olive Sturgess (Mary Connell), Hal Needham (Connell), Ruta Lee (Marian), Parley Baer (Everett Brandt), Anne Whitfield (Helen), Pernell Roberts (Frank Vincent). |
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| 20. The
lonely hostage 1/2/1968 Fred Hickman, sergent
of honest police and worker, is submerged by personal and financial
problems. Employed to part-time in a bank, he ends up to yield
to the temptation and robs a strong sum of money. Unfortunately,
while he leaves the bank, he falls on a young policeman in patrol that,
hearing the alarms, unsheathes his weapon. Fred does not hesitate
and pulls for him over, the injured seriously. The facts doing
the first page of the newspapers, Randall decides to entrust the affair
to Ironside but, at the end of a week, the latter has no result. Fred
contacts him then by telephones and declares being ready to go, but
only if the Chief moves himself only, with Marc. Ironside accepts and
goes to the appointment fixed by Fred. Previously, he believes that
the policeman effectively will go but, in reality, this appointment
was a trap and he meet again hostage, as well as Marc. When Fred takes
them in a house of a small village, where his wife awaits him, Ironside
understands that this is there that the policeman counts to execute
them, him and his friend. The stretched Chief then to convince
the woman of Fred of not to follow blindly his husband. Writing by Norman Katkov Directed by Charles S. Dubin Guest star: Mike Mahoney (Crandall), Fabian Dean (Glodder), William Fawcett (Sam Layton), Charles Brewer (Larry Reilly), Robert Lansing (Fred Hickman), Kathie Browne (Jane Hickman). |
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| 21. The
challenge 8/2/1968 An evening, Ironside
is with a friend psychiatrist for a game chess. This one finished,
the doctor challenges to the policeman: he shows him a piece where are
spread the works of several artists of San Francisco that participate
in a study launched by the psychiatrist. According to him, the
one of these artists is an assassin in power and he asks Ironside to
guess which. The Chief does not appreciate hardly and would wish
that his friend delivers simply the name of the man, in order to warn
an eventual crime. On the instant, the psychiatrist refuses and,
two days later, he is murdered at his home. All naturally, Ironside
undertake himself with the investigation and starts his investigations
on the artists of which he saw the works. Quickly, the one of them
becomes the suspicious ideal, so much more than he already has judicial
antecedents for an aggression with white weapon. But, when he is
rediscovered dead, Ironside understands that he was involved himself
on the bad way and envisions an all other scenario. Writing by John McGreevey Directed by Anton Mr. Leader Guest star: Tom Simcox (Brian Turner), Nicholas Colasanto (Mike Sellino), Coleen Gray (Anne Kingsley), Cec Linder (Carl Anderson), Virginia Grey (Mrs. Meacham), Noah Keen (Dr. Paul Bragen), Known Ass Langdon (Rhea Prentiss). |
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| 22. All
in a day's work 15/2/1968 Ironside and his
assistants go out of a meeting of shortened movie and, while Ed and
Marc will look for the van, the Chief and Eve see thieves to leave a
jewelry store on the other side street. Eve screams for them to stop
themself and the two men unsheathe their weapons, done fire in their
direction before fleeing. Eve launch themselves to their pursuit
and, after an exchange of several gunshots, kills the one of the thieves. This
is with horror that the young woman notices herself that she has just
cut down a boy of 17 years and, quickly, she comes up against anger
and the hate of those that knew the victim; the latter hanging up themselves
to the idea that he was a "good boy". Eve does not reach to overcome
the position and her teammates are not therefore hardly astonished to
learn his desire to resign of the police. The Chief, that does
not want to lose Eve, announces for her that she will have first to
finish the investigation in course, to know to rediscover the accomplice
of Bill, the young killed man. He will go even until to risk his life
to force the young woman to resume the over. Writing by Evan Hunter Directed by Charles S. Dubin Guest star: Lorraine Gary (Nancy Lewin), Clyde Howdy (police), Harry Swoger (Raynold), Don Hanmer (Artie Waring), Jerry Hausner (Mr. Edwards), Walter Burke (Smiley), Jeanette Nolan (Mrs. Matling). |
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| 23. Something
for nothing 22/2/1968 Tommy Cusack, young
singer and promising musician, is also a compulsive one and strongly
in debt player with Roy Faber, a member of the local Underworld: he
has for him 32,000 $. Unfortunately, Tommy is in the inability to reimburse
and Faber wants to profit from it. In exchange for the suppression
of his debt, he asks Tommy of him to return a service, an illegal act,
well heard. Verna, the wife of Tommy, understands that his husband
has boredoms and goes immediately about it to speak with Ironside. The
Chief, that wants to jam Faber since of long years, asks Tommy to execute
the service in question for next to be able to testify in front of the
court against the crook. Tommy, first reluctant, accept and learns that
he will have to participate in the attack of a bank. The police
is present to stretch a trap to the crooks but, unfortunately, the accomplices
of Tommy smell the trap and flees before to have committed a too violent
act. Faber, furious, does all possible sound to poison the existence
of Tommy, doing for him to lose his work, hoping to be able to convince
him of come back to of better feelings when he will present him the
position of his dreams. Ironside feels that Tommy will yield and does
for him to meet a new time Faber, so that he realizes the mediocrity
of the personage. Writing by Anthony Terpiloff and Stephen Kandel Directed by Robert Butler Guest star: Gene Lyons (Dennis Randall), Jan Merlin (Luther Zahn), Laurie Main (Harris), Paul Mantee (Assistant of the district attorney Corey), Vincent Gardenia (Roy Faber), James Farentino (Tommy Cusack), Susan Saint James (Verna Cusack), Leonard Stone (Hermann). |
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| 24. Barbara
who 29/2/1968 Barbara Jones, nursing
auxiliary for to the hospital where the Chief was admitted after his
aggression, comes to find the latter for him to ask his assistance:
a road hog attempted to crush her and she fears for her life. Unfortunately,
Barbara is incapable in advance a motive that could push someone to
want to kill her, for she is amnesiac, her first ones remember being
old of only a year. The Chief begins his investigation while questioning
those that met Barbara after the aggression that had lost for him the
memory: doctors, policemen, journalists... The task announces itself
difficult, so much more than the time presses: the mysterious aggressor
of Barbara remakes an attempt, aborted by Marc, and the chief decides
to install his girlfriend with Eve. Ironside, that hopes to start a
durable relation with Barbara, is conscious that his discoveries risk
ruining his sentimental projects; but to discover the passed young woman
is the only solution to know the identity of his aggressor. Writing by Sy Salkowitz Directed by James Sheldon Guest star: Gene Lyons (Dennis Randall), Johnny Seven (officer Petrizzi), Mark Roberts (Jim Hennessy), John Pickard (Ned Morris), Robert Patten (Dr. Carl Banks), Kiel Martin (Billy Meeker), Phil Carey (Dick Richards), Paul Bryar (2nd driver), Albert Popwell (1st driver), Alan Baxter (Sheriff), Glenn Mr. Weber (Mike Petrizzi), Michael Barbera (Johnny Petrizzi), Marion Ross (Mrs. Petrizzi), Vera Miles (Barbara Jones/Lois Richards) |
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| 25. Perfect
crime 7/3/1968 At the time of a criminology
lecture in a local university, the chief see himself to put back by
the most oldest person an anonymous letter announcing for him that,
in contrast to what he claims, the perfect crime exists. The moment
he regains his vehicle, a gunshot bursts and a student, that discussed
with him, collapses. The young man draws from his living but Ironside
understands that it is only a beginning and he starts immediately his
investigation, targeting his investigations on the some present students
to his lecture. Soon, this is Eve that is victim of the killer
one and Ironside have only more decided to arrest him before he does
not commit actually a murder; so much more than he knows than this will
be him the victim. The one of the students, Roger Simmons, is quickly
the object of all the attentions for several indices render suspicious
him and, while the commissioner Randall is persuaded to hold the guilty
one, Ironside envisions an all other hypothesis. Writing by Norman Katkov Directed by Charles S. Dubin Guest star: Gene Lyons (Dennis Randall), Vernon Scott (Frank), Shelly Novack (Roger Simmons), David Lewis (Dean Adam Gabriel), Paul Hough (Byron Shelley Crawford III), Brenda Scott (Peggy), Pete Duel (Jonathan Dix), Kitty Malone (girl), Ron Russell (guard), Bill Baldwin (George). |
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| 26. Officer
Bobby 14/3/1968 The Chief must go
to a congress of three days organized by the police to Los Angeles.
While he patient with his assistants in an expectation room, he attends
the preparation of his airplane that, suddenly, explodes. Quickly,
the police experts discover the remainders of a bomb to bases of destroys
and the speculations go good train on the identity of the aimed person:
the chief or a fleeting other? To the fallen night, the policemen
leave the airport and Marc discovers a baby, abandoned in the van of
the Chief with this simple message on the windshield: keep my child
until... Ironside takes the nourrisson at his home while Ed goes with
a suspected woman to be accomplice of the poser of bomb. But, when
he arrives at her home, the sergent discovers that the apartment was
searched and that the baby is the son of this woman, May Evans. Ironside
thinks that she is the target of the fanatic of destroys it and stretched
to force her to contact him while publishing a false item on Bobby,
the baby, in the newspapers. May cannot prevent herself to come
to find the Chief and, the direction by the nerve crisis, Ironside decides
to leave her to leave while asking Ed to follow her. But the bomb
poser, him also, read the newspaper... Writing by Brett Halliday and Bill S. Ballinger Directed by James Sheldon Guest star: Gene Lyons (Dennis Randall), Ron Pinkard (journalist), Paul Carr (Harry Higdon), Sidney Clute (police), Russ Conway (L.A. Laserman), Jon Lormer (Tommy), Nancy Malone (May Evans), Jeanne Cooper (Myra Brinker). |
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| 27. Trip
to Hashbury 21/3/1968 An evening, Ed and
Eve go with Freddie, a hippie one known to welcome young women and suspected
to furnish for them drug. They look for a childlike one of 15 years,
running away, and circulate in the house of Freddie with his photo. To
search the floor, they separate themselves and Eve, that has just found
the young one running away one, is sudden warned by cries. She
arrives just on time to see a girl to debate herself in the arms of
Ed. Eve helps her colleague but it seems quickly that the girl savagely
was beaten. To the hospital, Ironside discovers the identity of
the victim: Barbara Chase, the girl of an eminent lawyer, Eldon
Chase. Before falling in the case, she accuses Ed to have beaten
her and, before to have been able to be questioned by the police, dies
of her injuries. Eldon is persuaded guilt of the sergent and wants
his head but, summoned by Ironside, he learns from the mouth of the
young one running away one found by Eve that this was not the first
time that Barbara went with Freddie. Eldon envisions while his girl
lied for him and leaves the Chief to do his investigation but, when
the boyfriend of Barbara corroborates the history that she had related
for him, he feels guilty to have doubted and folds back himself again
on Ed. Ironside, him, envision another hypothesis... Writing by Norman Jolley Directed by Anton Mr. Leader Guest star: Gene Lyons (Dennis Randall), Judy Brown (Terry), Cliff Osmond (Freddie), Susan O'Connell (Barbara Chase), Kres Mersky (Purple), Victor Creatore (Doctor), Stacey Gregg (Patty Larsen), David Macklin (David Wilson), Monica Lewis (Partridge Miss), Cynthia Hull (Kathy), Allan Hunt (Gary), Michael Ford (Tag), Jerry Davis (Jeff Harmon), William Windom (Eldon Chase). |
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| 28. Due
process of the law 28/3/1968 Marc goes to an evening
organized by a friend recently demobilized soldier with Helen, a young
woman that he frequents since little. During the party, the Chief
calls him and asks for him to return to accompany him with the Mayor
of all urgency. Marc, that wants first gone home Helen at her place,
leaves himself to convince to leave her with his friend during his absence.
Unfortunately, the meeting with the Mayor lasts a long time and, when
the Chief finished some, he learns him the death of Helen, rediscovered
dead in the Park of Golden Gate. Immediately, Marc decides to do
his clean investigation and, when he discovers that Helen left with
a certain Joe Fenway, he is persuaded to hold the guilty one. Disobeying
Ironside, he goes with Joe and forces the door of his apartment to search
it: he discovers syringes hypodermiques. As Helen is dead overdose,
that reinforces his conviction but, to the arrival of Ed, Marc learns
that the proofs that he has just found no longer have value since he
entered by breaking and entering. Furious, Marc goes until to hit Fenway
when this one is questioned by Ironside. Later, the man being free,
Marc goes at his home to have an explanation: he discovers dead Joe. When
Connie, the girlfriend of Joe, penetrate in the apartment, she sees
Marc arms it crime to the hand. The assistant of ironside meet
again then accused murder and the Chief wants that he draws from it
a lesson. Writing by Donald A. Brinkley Directed by Richard Colla Guest star: Ron Pinkard (Jimmy Bracken), Barry Cahill (sergeant Miller), Gene Lyons (Dennis Randall), Ray Ballard (the shipper), Roy Glenn (Mr. Tobom), Janee Michelle (Helen Tobin), Carol Booth (Connie Goshen), Burr DeBenning (Joe Fenway), Parley Baer (Everett Brandt), David Carradine (Pogo Weems), Dwayne Hickman (Archie Bass). |
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| 29. Return
of the hero 4/4/1968 The captain David
Larkin is condemned to death for the murder of his wife and of his lover,
thanks to the testimonies of two eyewitnesses and to the investigation
conducted by Ironside, that rediscovered the weapon of the captain on
the crime places. To the verdict announcement, the men of the captain
leave to burst their anger and promise to avenge themselves. Soon,
Ironside receives threats of death, as well as the two witnesses to
the process of Larkin. The Chief, always persuaded innocence of
David, that formerly worked under his orders, stretched to find new
likely elements to provoke a process revision. When the judge of
Larkin is murdered, Ironside understands that the time plays against
him for someone decided to eliminate all those that, according to him,
are responsible of the condemnation of Larkin. The one of the witnesses
dies to his turn and the other escapes from little to the death. While
analyzing the different indices at his disposal, Ironside does to take
an all other way to his investigation... Writing by Robert Pirosh Directed by Ralph Senensky Guest star: Ned Romero (Kali), Gene Lyons (Dennis Randall), Elizabeth Germaine (receptionist), Joe Turkel (district attorney), Charles Wood (Mace), Dennis McCarthy (Carlisle judge), Gavin MacLeod (Daniel Gerber), Hank Brandt (Paul J. Rutledge), Gary Collins (captain David Larkin). |
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